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21 Feb
bargain finds
when i went bargain hunting few weeks ago, i was trying to look for some unique candelabras. i never find one to my liking, besides, the frugality in me struck! so, i veered away to other things that caught my fancy. found these stuffs. considering their thrifted price, i thought they were pretty pieces. my sister-in-law said, “how was it anything beautiful to you”. i thought i was hearing Niecy Nash’s screeching voice...junk, clutter, she would say in her tv show Clean House. but, then, as i have envisioned where these stuffs would go, i hurriedly paid them out!
yes, i adore decorative plates...
and, so this one, even if it has few scratches, i took it home dearly...lest somebody elsemight grab it!
I had placed the rooster decorated plate HERE.
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17 Feb
end-table redo
I always had a penchant for anything vignettes. Come dry season here in our tropical country, when leaves and twigs would dry out and turned to brown, i would go out in the fields, searched every dried flowers and twigs that would caught my fancy. And, so the ones you see on the left in a thrifted white tea pot which i made as a vase, were few of the wild flowers that have become dried and i had collected years back.
Since i had an ecru/brown couch beside it, i thought it was never meant to be there anymore, i thought it was looking for a new home, and so, this end-table needed few colors to complement the couch.
i had to take a snap before relocating some of the stuffs here:
that was then...
thought it was about time these animal printed plates joined forces...
i meant to replace the table runner with a longer one, but then, i would want to keep the simplicity of it to give highlight more to the array of displays atop
i wouldn't miss the twin candles i found on a thrift...AND, THERE IT GOES...revamped!!!
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7 Feb
another centerpiece
the fickle minded in me loves to turn things over and over here at the house, the “put-it -here-move-it-there” in me makes hubby and the kids a little intimidated because everyday they would see me thinking at the couch, they would play in chorus, “oh, wonder, what’s mommy gonna do next with her little thingies?”
like what i did with the center table during the weekends.
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all the same porcelains, i know, i guess, i just so love them all-together. little accent was the yellow wood shavings made from thrift. the lid of the urn was broken by my kid so i had to replace it with those lucky bamboos i had posted it here. see, now, the bamboos have some little shoots, i keep replacing the water almost everyday!
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5 Feb
the cottage charm giveaway
if you wanna win this beautiful warmer
like i am goin’ gaga over it by just seeing it, let us come and celebrate with The Cottage Charm’s 1st blogversary.
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4 Feb
Pink Saturday: DIY candle holder
i so loved candles and when they came a-plenty, some need holders so i can display them better and i don’t have a penny for new ones. instead, i rummaged through the storage and i found indeed some stuffs which i did turned into something useful.
these were stuffs i discarded out of an old chandelier i am currently "revamping"
i attached ornaments to this brass wires that i planned to re-varnish later
what do you think of these crystal-like plastic ornament?
i secure these crystal-like glasses using glue. can you even imagine they were all part of a big chandelier?
now, i glued some pink flowers around my candle. i decided not to overdo the brass holder itself to create a distressed and somehow antique look. did it?
now, i have my candle holder out of an old chandelier with zero dollar spent. and, BEHOLD, a PINK CANDLE!
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31 Jan
colors cool me down
a busy weekend, more blustery days, plus an erratic internet connection, and worst of all, an UNANNOUNCED MORNING POWER INTERRUPTION! my, i need colors to warm up my fretful self ^_^
some blue ceramics with blue and yellow wood shavings which i collected from a carpenter's shop
blues and yellows with some dried flowers, a candle and a figurine adorned this side table
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24 Jan
once a blue junk
found this moon cake tin can from my cousin's storage
though i felt bad, i never tasted the moon cake, i was glad she let me have this, as i have multiple ideas what to do with it...
instead of sleeping in the storage, it's now displayed in my counter top, as storage for this little confectioneries, or it can be a trinket storage...
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23 Jan
DIY: flower arrangement
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got this geometric shape plate at a bargain shop for 30 pesos
i cut out styro i found in the storage
bought this plastic sunflower bunch for fifty pesos
cut out the stem depending on the height you want for the project
glue it on the styro and add some twigs and greens depending on your planned style
smaller ferns and flowers cost as little as 20 pesos for a bunch, and the moss cost 10 pesos for this project
THE FINISHED PRODUCT...costs no more than 150 pesos ($3)
I DID PLACED MY NEW PROJECT HERE
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